first code for moving to new game launch system, stuff is likely broken.

.launch/Aliens.sh

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+open_url "https://files.jantrid.net/aliens/"

.launch/Battle Weary.sh

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+open_url "https://lonespelunker.itch.io/battle-weary"

.launch/Cacophony.sh

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+open_url "https://tianmaru.itch.io/cacophony"

.launch/Donate.sh

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+open_url "https://ko-fi.com/stormux"

.launch/QuentinC Play Room.sh

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+open_url "https://qcsalon.net/"

.launch/Trigaea.sh

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+open_url "https://ryngm.itch.io/trigaea"

linux-game-manager.sh

@@ -485,20 +485,37 @@ game_update() {
 
 # launch games that are installed
 game_launcher() {
-    mapfile -t lines < <(sed '/^$/d' "${configFile}" 2> /dev/null)
+    # Initialize array for menu construction
-    # Create the menu of installed games
     declare -a menuList
-    for i in "${lines[@]}" ; do
+    # Read both config file and .launch files into lines array
+    mapfile -t lines < <(
+        sed '/^$/d' "${configFile}" 2> /dev/null
+        if [[ -d ".launch" ]]; then
+            find "${0%/*}/.launch" -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "*.sh" -exec bash -c '
+                for f; do
+                    name="${f##*/}"
+                    echo "${name%.sh}|$f"
+                done
+            ' bash {} \;
+        fi
+    )
+    # Add all entries to menu
+    for i in "${lines[@]}"; do
         menuList+=("${i#*|}" "${i%|*}")
     done
-    # Web based games and donation
+    # Sort the menu
-    menuList+=("Aliens" "Aliens")
+    mapfile -t sortedList < <(
-    menuList+=("Cacophony" "Cacophony")
+        for ((i=0; i<${#menuList[@]}; i+=2)); do
-    menuList+=("Battle Weary" "Battle Weary")
+            echo "${menuList[i+1]}|${menuList[i]}"
-    menuList+=("QuentinC Play Room" "QuentinC Play Room")
+        done | sort -f
-    menuList+=("Trigaea" "Trigaea")
+    )
-    menuList+=("Donate" "Donate")
+    # Rebuild menuList from sorted entries
-    game="$(dialog --backtitle "Linux Game Launcher" \
+    menuList=()
+    for entry in "${sortedList[@]}"; do
+        menuList+=("${entry#*|}" "${entry%|*}")
+    done
+    # Create the menu of all games
+    selectedGame="$(dialog --backtitle "Linux Game Launcher" \
             --clear \
             --no-tags \
             --menu "Please select a game to play" 0 0 0 "${menuList[@]}" --stdout)"
@@ -506,54 +523,39 @@ game_launcher() {
     if [[ $menuCode -eq 1 ]]; then
         exit 0
     fi
-    # Remove any trailing | from game variable.
+    # Remove any trailing | from selectedGame variable
-    game="${game%|}"
+    selectedGame="${selectedGame%|}"
-    case "${game}" in
+    case "${selectedGame}" in
-        "Aliens")
+        *".tin")
-            open_url "https://files.jantrid.net/aliens/"
+            git -C "${selectedGame%/*}" pull | \
-            ;;
+                dialog --progressbox "Checking for updates, please wait..." -1 -1
-        "Battle Weary")
+            if [[ -n "${COLORTERM}" ]]; then
-            open_url "https://lonespelunker.itch.io/battle-weary"
+                terminal_emulator tt++ ${selectedGame##*/}
+            else
+                pushd "${selectedGame%/*}"
+                exec tt++ ${selectedGame##*/}
+            fi
         ;;
-        "Cacophony")
+        *"main.py")
-            open_url "https://tianmaru.itch.io/cacophony"
+            pushd "${selectedGame%/*}"
+            git pull -q | dialog --progressbox "Checking for updates, please wait..." -1 -1
+            python3 ${selectedGame}
         ;;
-        "QuentinC Play Room")
+        *.sh)
-            open_url "https://qcsalon.net/"
+            . "${selectedGame}"
-            ;;
+        ;;
-        "Trigaea")
+        *)
-            open_url "https://ryngm.itch.io/trigaea"
+            pushd "${selectedGame%/*}"
-            ;;
+            if file "${selectedGame##*/}" | grep -q "ELF.*x86-64"; then
-        "Donate")
+                if [[ "$(uname -m)" != "x86_64" ]]; then
-            open_url "https://ko-fi.com/stormux"
+                    exec FEXLoader -- ${selectedGame}
-            ;;
-            *".tin")
-                git -C "${game%/*}" pull | \
-                    dialog --progressbox "Checking for updates, please wait..." -1 -1
-                if [[ -n "${COLORTERM}" ]]; then
-                    terminal_emulator tt++ ${game##*/}
                 else
-                    pushd "${game%/*}"
+                    exec ${selectedGame}
-                    exec tt++ ${game##*/}
                 fi
-            ;;
+            else
-            *"main.py")
+                exec ${selectedGame}
-                pushd "${game%/*}"
+            fi
-                git pull -q | dialog --progressbox "Checking for updates, please wait..." -1 -1
+        ;;
-                python3 ${game}
-            ;;
-            *)
-                pushd "${game%/*}"
-                if file "${game##*/}" | grep -q "ELF.*x86-64"; then
-                    if [[ "$(uname -m)" != "x86_64" ]]; then
-                        exec FEXLoader -- ${game}
-                    else
-                        exec ${game}
-                    fi
-                else
-                    exec ${game}
-                fi
-            ;;
     esac
     exit 0
 }